Denouncing the terror attacks on Egypt, United States President George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush visited its embassy in Washington D C to extend support to the government and people of Egypt in rejecting such acts of violence and terror.
Terrorist bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm-el Sheikh on July 23 killed at least 88 people.
"The people who struck in Sharm el-Sheikh killed Muslims, innocent mothers and dads, people who were trying to make a living. They have no heart, they have no conscience, and they have no ideology that is hopeful. And they have an ideology of hate," Bush said on Monday.
"It was my honour to speak to your president, President Mubarak, and again reiterate my country's strong desire to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Egypt and bring justice to those who killed innocent people," Bush said.
Egyptian ambassador Nabil Fahmi said, "I think your presence here, your phone call to the president over the weekend, and also the many Americans who have been in touch with our embassy, and in Cairo, reflect the nature of the relationship that we have together, as two countries working hand-in-hand for peace and stability in the region, working against terrorism."
"As you are well aware, we were the targets of terrorism years ago, as you were on 9/11. And we continue to work together, resolute, to deal with this scourge, and ultimately, hopefully to develop in the Middle East an Egypt that is prosperous, stable and secure for all," Fahmi continued.
He reaffirmed Egypt's 'determination to continue to pursue terrorism without equivocation and with determination and resolve'.
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